Very sadly, Conor Gearty died suddenly on 11 September 2025.

Obituaries providing an account of his life and his seminal contribution to human rights, civil liberties and and public law can be found in numerous publications, including The Observer, The Guardian and The Irish Times, as well as on the LSE and Matrix Chambers websites. His final interview with Prospect Magazine is here.

This website will be maintained as a resource on Conor’s scholarship, policy and advocacy work.

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Welcome to my website. Here you will find information on me, my research and publications. I am very keen on getting my ideas across to as wide a number of people as possible. As I publish in lots of different places and in different kinds of formats, I am using this site to make most of my publications available for free download. As academic publications take a long time to come out and are sometimes published in unusual places, I am including such pieces whenever I can. The download will be in PDF format.

The publications included here are organised by type and then (within each type) by date. There is also a keyword search engine which will help you find papers on themes such as terrorism, human rights, civil liberties or Ireland. Please browse. I also do a very great deal of talks and speak at many conferences and events. These are included here under events.

There are also links to other interesting websites including those for my two workplaces, the law department  and  Matrix Chambers , from where I practise law. (My own web space at LSE is Conor Gearty at LSE).

In Autumn 2010 I launched a new book-on-the-web (called THE RIGHTS’ FUTURE). This was published weekly until February 2011. More information is available here. 

You can also find links to my publications on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN), author 336608.

I write in newspapers and magazines from time to time and you will find my contributions included here as well.

Enjoy!